God Save the Queen has been the national anthem of Great Britain
since the beginning of the 19th century. As a patriotic song "God Save
the Queen” was first publicly performed in London in 1745 after the
defeat of “Bonnie Prince Charles”, the Jacobite claimant to the throne,
by King George II.
The words and the tune to “God Save the Queen” are anonymous and there
are several claimants to the authorship. Though usually attributed to
Arne it might really be the work of Henry Carey, a singer and composer.
Probably written between 1736 and 1740 “God Save the Queen” was
first heard in public in 1740 to celebrate Admiral Vernon´s capture of
Portobello. The words though were first heard in 1545 when the
watchword at night was “God Save the King”, and the reply was “Long to
reign over us.” The Scots claim it is based on an old carol of 1611
called “Remember O thou man.” It has also been traced to Purcell in
1696."God Save
the Queen” has become one of the world´s most recognized anthems. "God Save
the Queen” has
been used in many other countries. In Germany "God Save
the Queen” was the unofficial
national anthem from 1871 till 1918 with the text “Heil Dir im
Siegerkranz”, in Switzerland it was the national anthem till 1961, the
text being “Heil Dir Helvetia” and Liechtenstein has been using the
melody since 1920 for its national anthem “Oben am jungen Rhein.” In
the U.S.A. "God Save
the Queen” is well known as “My country, ´tis of thee.” The
words were written by Samuel F. Smith who had received several German
hymns from his friend, which he recognized as patriotic in nature. The
hymn was first sung at a Board of Trade Meeting in Chicago in 1887. "God Save
the Queen”
is also known as “America.” You can find our "God Save
the Queen” sheet music below.

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